Renault’s factory in São José dos Pinhais (state of Paraná) stopped 41 days throughout 2021 because of semiconductors shortage. For the same reason, between Monday and Friday the unit’s line work will be interrupted again. To the impossibility of working at full speed, which has become routine in the automotive industry, is added, currently, a […]
The weakening of globalization intensified by the war in Ukraine opens a good chance for Brazil to reduce its economic isolation and connect to global production chains for goods and services. But the opportunity will be lost without opening the economy and comprehensive economic reforms that make Brazil more attractive to international companies. The thesis […]
The current scenario of fiercer competition between brands, following the drop in consumer disposable income, has made the industry spend more to try to improve its sales. Amounts paid by companies to retail chains, or negotiations involving discounts on invoices, lost strength in the first year of the pandemic, but accelerated again at levels above […]